# Altai Soum, Bayan-Olgii Aimag – Villages & Map

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bayan-olgii/altai/

Soum · Bayan-Olgii Aimag 

# Altai

Altai is a soum (district) of Mongolia in Bayan-Olgii Aimag. It covers **3,172.7 km²**. Its main town is Chihertey. 4 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 3 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 3,173km²
- 3mapped services
- 2,491 mtypical elevation

## Where is Altai?

Altai lies in [Bayan-Olgii Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bayan-olgii/), [Mongolia](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/). It borders 4 other soums: [Buyant](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bayan-olgii/buyant/), [Delu'un](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bayan-olgii/delu-un/), [Sagsai](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bayan-olgii/sagsai/) and [Tolbo](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bayan-olgii/tolbo/). By area it is the 201st largest of 339 soums in Mongolia. It covers 6.9% of [Bayan-Olgii Aimag](https://wherepedia.org/mongolia/bayan-olgii/). The centre of Altai is about 1,281 km in a straight line from Ulan Bator, the capital. It is about 89 km from Ölgii, the main town of Bayan-Olgii Aimag. The centre point is at 48.1993° N, 89.6227° E. Local names: Алтай .

Source: [National Statistical Office of Mongolia via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-mng).

## Villages and localities in Altai

Open gazetteers list **4 villages, towns and localities** in Altai.

- Altai
- Bardam bag
- Chihertey
- Ulaan Khat

Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/); [© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract — named settlements](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright).

## Landscape and landmarks of Altai

Named natural and historic features inside Altai, from the GeoNames gazetteer.

### Water

24 rivers and streams; 4 lakes.

- Angogrtey Gol
- Asgat Bulagiyn Gol
- Baga Davaatïn Gol
- Bardïn Gol
- Bor-Burgasny
- Chigirtein Gol
- Darihan Nuur
- Davaty
- Davaty Gol
- Gurvan Nuur
- Har Nuur
- Har Nuur
- Hayrtïn Baruun Salaa
- Hayrtïn Gol
- Ih Davaatïn Gol
- Ih Toshin Gol
- Jalangash Gol
- Khavirgyn Gol
- Khoit Bardam Gol
- Muhar Davaatïn Gol
- Nutsgenii Gol
- Rashaany Gol
- Rolty Gol
- Shar Gov' Gol

…and 4 more.

### Hills and mountains

2 mountain passes.

- Sha-wu-chin-so-la-ta-fan · 3,064 m
- Türgen Davaa · 2,783 m

Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/).

Places of worship are not listed. Elevations are from the GeoNames terrain model and are approximate.

## Weather in Altai and the best time to visit

In Altai, the warmest month is Jul (average 12 °C) and the coolest is Jan (-21 °C). About 261 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jun (38 mm) and the driest Feb (12 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **July**.

- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec

Month Average °C Rain mm 

Jan -21 14 

Feb -19 12 

Mar -12 14 

Apr -3 19 

May 3 24 

Jun 10 38 

Jul 12 37 

Aug 10 31 

Sep 4 21 

Oct -4 19 

Nov -13 20 

Dec -19 15 

Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/).

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Altai

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Bank төрийн банк · Altai 14 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=48.30476&mlon=89.51402#map=17/48.30476/89.51402) 

Mall AXA · Altai 14 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=48.30428&mlon=89.51461#map=17/48.30428/89.51461) 

Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/).

Straight-line distance from the centre of the division, within 40 km.

## Hospitals, banks and other services in Altai

Places mapped inside Altai in open map data, by type — each number opens the full list with locations.

- Banks1
- Shopping malls1
- Restaurants1

Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/).

Coverage depends on what has been mapped; contact details are not shown.

## Other soums in Bayan-Olgii Aimag

- Altanco'gc
- Bayannuur
- Bugat
- Bulgan
- Buyant
- Cengel
- Delu'un
- Nogoonnuur
- O'lgii
- Sagsai
- Tolbo
- Ulaanxus

## Quick answers

- Where is Altai?In Bayan-Olgii Aimag, Mongolia
- What borders Altai?Buyant, Delu'un, Sagsai and Tolbo
- How many villages are in Altai?4 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the highest point in Altai?Sha-wu-chin-so-la-ta-fan (3,064 m, GeoNames elevation model)
- What is the best time to visit Altai?July
- Where is the nearest bank to Altai?төрийн банк, about 14 km from the centre
- How many banks are in Altai?1 mapped
- What is the P-code of Altai?MN8304 (OCHA common operational dataset)